idolatry

noun
🔊/aɪˈdɒlətri/
🔊/aɪˈdɑːlətri/
[uncountable] (often disapproving)
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  1. the practice of worshipping statues as gods 神像崇拜;偶像崇拜
  2. (formal) too much love or praise for somebody/something盲目崇拜
    • football fans whose support for their team borders on idolatry对球队几乎到了盲目崇拜地步的足球迷
    Topics Feelingsc2
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French idolatrie, based on Greek eidōlolatreia, from eidōlon (from eidos ‘form, shape’) + -latreia ‘worship’.